Volume XXVII/1 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles and book reviews which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education. The volume is, as always, a lively combination of original research and invaluable reference material.

Index:

The Origins of Higher Learning: Time for a New Historiography?
Maranos and Universities in the Renaissance Netherlands
The Problematic Professionalization of Stipendiary Magistracy: The Case of Oliver Twist's Magistrate Fang
Instructing the Liberal Subject: Facts and Voice in Victorian Blue Books
The Benefits of Foreign Study: American Women at Swiss Universities prior to the First World War
The Loom of Youth: Prospero's Broken Wand? Revisionist Reflections
On Meeting the Mass in Higher Education
The Modern University in Its Historical Contexts: Rethinking Three Transformations
Review Essay: The Origins of Moral Ambiguity in the Academy